Entertaining Advice for the Bachelor Host

Ladies' Home Journal, October 1900

Theatre parties are the favorite entertainments. All meet at the house of the chaperon and an omnibus or carriages convey them to the place of amusement. The host indicates their places. A little supper follows, either at the host's bachelor apartments, his club annex or a restaurant. The menu usually consists of raw oysters, bouillon, an entree, birds with salad, ices, cakes and coffee. The host leads the way, otherwise there is no formal entry.

A small centerpiece of flowers is arranged so as to be divided among the ladies before leaving. At a restaurant the table should be reserved, the supper ordered and the bill arranged for beforehand. After supper the host accompanies the ladies to the residence of the chaperon, where their maids call for them. The other men sometimes take leave at the restaurant.

A man may send, if he choose, a bouquet to his cotillion partner or some cut flowers to his hostess, if unable otherwise to reciprocate attentions. A present of game, if he is a sportsman, is always appreciated, or a box of bonbons for his hostess, when visiting at a country house. Extravagant expenditure does not inspire confidence. Beyond flowers, bonbons, a book of some such trifle, a gentlewoman accepts no gifts from men.

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